get well

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

get well (third-person singular simple present gets well, present participle getting well, simple past got well, past participle (UK) got well or (US) gotten well)

1. (idiomatic) To recover from an illness or injury.
2. (idiomatic, business) To recover from financial straits.

   With a single blockbuster, the studio got well.

Derived terms

• get well soon

Translations

to recover from illness or injury

Armenian: լավանալ (hy) (lavanal) Bikol Central: rahay (bcl) Cherokee: ᎤᏗᏫᏍᎦ (udiwisga) Dutch: beterschap (nl) Latin: sanescō Romanian: se face bine Russian: поправля́ться (ru) impf (popravljátʹsja), попра́виться (ru) pf (poprávitʹsja)

See also

• get better